Upon his bringing a woman as a witness in some cause before the senate, he said, “This woman was my mother’s freedwoman and dresser, but she always considered me as her master; and this I say, because there are some still in my family that do not look upon me as such.”
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

This admirable solar shrub is scarce to be paralleled for its virtues.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Philinus, for instance, commencing the narrative with his second book, says that the “Carthaginians and Syracusans engaged in the war and sat down before Messene; that the Romans arriving by sea entered the town, and immediately sallied out from it to attack the Syracusans; but that after suffering severely in the engagement they retired into Messene; and that on a second occasion, having issued forth to attack the Carthaginians, they not only suffered severely but lost a considerable number of their men captured by the enemy.”
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

These are disquisitions which my father, who had laid in a great stock of knowledge of this kind, will be very busy with in the progress of my uncle Toby ’s affairs: I must anticipate thus much, That from his theories of love, (with which, by the way, he contrived to crucify my uncle Toby ’s mind, almost as much as his amours themselves,)—he took a single step into practice;—and by means of a camphorated cerecloth, which he found means to impose upon 234 the taylor for buckram, whilst he was making my uncle Toby a new pair of breeches, he produced Gordonius ’s effect upon my uncle Toby without the disgrace.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

Money is the chief commodity in which I deal, and, if you honour me with your commands, I shall be a gainer by my obedience.” Don Diego replied, with a smile that denoted how well he understood the meaning of this address, “Surely, Signior, I am bound by the strongest ties to exert my utmost endeavours for your advantage; and I pray God this your proposal may have that issue.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

For it would be seen that the infant reacts to stimuli by activities of handling, reaching, etc., in order to see what results follow upon motor response to a sensory stimulation; it would be seen that what is learned are not isolated qualities, but the behavior which may be expected from a thing, and the changes in things and persons which an activity may be expected to produce.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

See, there a silvery sheen is spread, And there like blood the rocks are red.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

“I don’t need to ask,” said Sergey Ivanovitch, “we have seen and are seeing hundreds and hundreds of people who give up everything to serve a just cause, come from every part of Russia, and directly and clearly express their thought and aim.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Incapable of putting the screw upon weak excited nature Incessantly speaking of the necessity we granted it unknowingly Inclined to act hesitation in accepting the aid she sought Increase of dissatisfaction with the more she got Indirect communication with heaven Inducement to act the hypocrite before the hypocrite world Indulged in their privilege of thinking what they liked Infallibility of our august mother Infants are said to have their ideas, and why not young ladies?
— from Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Collected Works of George Meredith by George Meredith

Or, at any rate, if the kinæsthetic ideas are called up at all, they are so swamped in the vivid kinæsthetic feelings by which they are immediately overtaken that we have no time to be aware of their separate existence.
— from Psychology: Briefer Course by William James

[ The CAPTAIN sinks together and sits staring into vacancy ]
— from Plays by August Strindberg, First Series by August Strindberg

He looked round, and the bays, which had been impatiently following at a foot-pace, held in with difficulty by the groom, stopped at the sign he made, while the sonorous dinner-bell, which rang twice every evening through all seasons, sounded its first summons through the darkness.
— from At His Gates: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

Such things are seldom said in conversation, therefore let me write to-day, how much your rapid and welcome development during the last few years has surprised and rejoiced me; it is often grievous to me to see so many with the noblest aspirations, but inferior talents, and others with great talents yet low tendencies; so that to see true genius, combined with right good will, is doubly cheering.
— from Letters of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy from 1833 to 1847 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

[324] Kanaka is a Polynesian word meaning "man," and should therefore be restricted to the brown Indonesian group, but it is indiscriminately applied by French writers to all South Sea Islanders, whether black or brown.
— from Man, Past and Present by A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane

I heard you tell him to take a snooze, so I thought I——" "Sure, that's all right," said Jack.
— from The Substitute Millionaire by Hulbert Footner